4/09 Former Cobber Now Writing for National Soccer Web Site.Former Concordia soccer player Gabe Semenza is now a feature writer
for a national soccer web site. The site, www.soccer365.com, is a web site
that originates in the US and covers professional soccer in the United
States and abroad. Click on the link to read his latest feature "Little
by Little, One by One."

Concordia senior Chance
Buzzell (Anoka, Minn.) was named to the NSCAA West All-Region first
team.

Concordia senior forward Chance
Buzzell (Sr., Anoka, Minn.) was named to the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA) West All-Region first team. It is the first
national honor for Buzzell and caps a season that earned him all-conference
honors and the runner-up spot in the ballot for conference MVP.

It is the first time since 1999 that a Cobber
player has earned all-region honors. Eric Singer
('00, Plymouth, Minn.) was named to the Midwest All-Region second team
that year. Only two other Concordia players have garnered first team recognition.
Peter
Curry ('96, Plymouth, Minn.) was the first Cobber in 1995 to gain the
region's highest honor, and Todd Hashbarger
('98, Fargo, N.Dak.) was named to the team in 1997. Curry is the school's
all-time leading scorer with 112 career points, while Hashbarger was a
three-time all-region performer.

Buzzell led the Cobbers in scoring with 9 goals and 11 assists for 29
points. In the MIAC he tallied three goals and four assists. He was
the offensive leader of the team that upped their goal output from 19 goals
in 2000 to 40 goals in 2001. He finished his four-year career with 20 goals
and 24 assists which places him fifth on the school's all-time points list.
He also set a school record this season in assists in a game, when he assisted
on four goals in the game against UW-Superior.

He is one of only four players from the MIAC to be named to the all-region
first team. Also being honored were Mike Rutter , a junior midfielder from
St. John's and Brendan Mayer and Kimani Williams from Macalester. Both
Mayer and Williams are seniors. Mayer was named the MVP of the MIAC and
Williams led the conference in scoring. The MIAC placed 11 players on the
three all-region teams.

10/16 Kris Overby Named MIAC Player of the Week.Concordia College sophomore goalkeeper Kris Overby
(Fargo, N.Dak.) was named MIAC Player of the Week.

Overby posted two shutouts in Concordia's victories
over Bethel and Carleton. In the Cobbers 4-0 win over Bethel on Wednesday
Overby made six saves. On Sunday Overby had eight saves in Concordia's
1-0 win over Carleton. In the Carleton game he made an acrobatic save off
a driven side volley from twelve yards out with just over one minute to
play that preserved the victory. He also stepped up to control the penalty
area, stopping numerous Knight attacks before they had a chance to develop.
With the two wins, Overby now has three MIAC shutouts and six overall.
His goals against average in the MIAC is 0.61 and overall goals against
is 0.41.